Mr Prowle also suggested a bailout from the government could be an option for an interim period while the trust "sorted itself out".

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So two weeks, no interim debt ceiling raise as an option, for the reasons he stated.

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Last week, the trust's interim chief executive Derek Smith said "no change is not an option" and promised that patients would remain "at the heart of what we do".

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